10 May 2008
New Sails
i've decided that i will try and pick up the original premise of this trivial blog. and i will do so under new sails. i'm in new lands and interacting with new minds. it definitely marks a new chapter in my travels. i will continued my post-it note entries here. i'm hoping the new address will lead a jump start on energy and enthusiasm on my part.
20 October 2007
30 Days of Jurassic Night
i had the bright idea that the vampire shrieking called in some raptors mistaking it for their pack call. they find nothing but vampires and ambush them. yay! barrow, alaska is saved by raptors!
i had this lovely idea as well.
21 August 2007
Where's the Colour?
the sky may mostly be clear and blue, but this blue isn't as intense as that in KY skies. i'm sure it's due to the amount of moisture in the air. KY is known for some humid summers with thunderstorms here and there (and it's my belief that the bluest skies are seen just as a thunderstorm clears out). AZland has more rain than most people know. there is a brief monsoon season when rain does fall in fair amounts. i've not been able to see the sky after a storm, as i've only experienced night rain. i have a suspicion the sky must be bluer then.
i have started noticing colour usage in different towns. gilbert likes green. they have trees planted all over the place. and i am noticing buildings and marts with more distinctive accent colours. some stick to the desert colour palate, but use a greyer tan or a redder rust to offset all the warm pale sandy beige. i prefer the cooler greys.
29 July 2007
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
the producers of the show did a rather nice job. assuming there was going to be only one season, they took elements from Naoko Takeuchi's story and the anime and created something all-together new. seeing the senshi fuku and henshin sequences were strange at first but fun. and it was clear that some of the senshi were luckier than others when it came to their wigs. poor minako had horriblie hair as sailor venus. but she's still one of my favourite characters on the show. she and artemis. yay!
here is a doodle i made for the J-broha on facebook.
13 June 2007
09 March 2007
repost: the necklace
so in my native culture (or that of my parents, as i was born and grew up here in the states), there is a sort of traditional money. bachel, i think that’s what it is called. bachel is usually made up of one or more coloured stones. it is usually tied on a rope and worn by the women
my sister and i received our bachel while in Palau (the motherland) back in 1988. amazingly, i have worn mine ever since. 18 years my blue little stone has been tied around my neck. not even once did it come off. it’s something of an accomplishment, i think.
however, unfortunately, after 18 years, the rope shows its wear. it was starting to fray and come undone. i had to make the decision to take the necklace off. i had my mother cut it off.
i had the funny idea that maybe my head would fall off when my necklace was removed. like that story about the girl and her black velvet ribbon around her neck. note, that i still have my head firmly attached to my body. the only thing is my neck looks kind odd without the 18 year necklace.
repost: new on the scene
last week i decided it was time to trim my bangs. unfortunately, my fingers became a little scissor-happy and lopped off a little more then desired. thinking about it now, i think the back of my mind was still under the influence of Paradise Kiss and The Devil Wears Prada.
the new short bangs make me look like a scene kid. i just need my studded belt and some stylish layered shirts. the myspace account already exists. i only need to add pics of myself at crazy angles sporting my new scene hair in my eyes.
repost: somtimes, rain hurts you
when i got home this afternoon from another day in hell (O-chem lab), i was a bit damp. i wish i could say i walked home in the rain, but that wouldn’t be truthful of me. in truth, i walked home in the hail. it wasn’t golf-ball-sized but still, the tiny niblets of ice did pelt me nicely in the face at times.
repost: dishwashing is a messy business
my sister (also known as ‘the younger broha’)told me an amusing story about herself. it happened one day while i was work. i cant remember exactly how she worded it, so allow me to paraphrase her:
i decided to wash the dishes today. and you have a dish sponge. i’m not used to
washing dishes with a sponge, since we (she and her previous roommate) had that scrubby dish brush. so i was washing the dishes with the sponge i’m not used to, and i splashed water everywhere, including my shirt. so i changed my shirt. you’d think i’d learn from this and stop splashing water onto myself. but i got my shirt wet again. so i had to change my shirt AGAIN. i thought it was amusing, so i thought i’d share.
thanks for sharing! i found it amusing too.
repost: moving in
i had a blogger account where i put up amusing entries accompanied by post-it note doodles. however, for better or for worse, blogger.com is no longer friendly with me. and so i moved to this location.
on a related/not-so related note, the semester has ended and the Crew has split. some mates moved out and the younger broha (of the female kind) moved into my (now our) apartment. the amount stuff doubled and was piled everywhere. it was a real mess. the older broha (of the male kind) helped us situated our stuff. he is the master of Feng Shui, i tell you. he can make anything fit. in any space. period.
a.housewarming.gift